Organisations

Healthworkers in low income countries do not always have access to up-to-date health and medical information to help them diagnose and treat their patients. HBI offers a practical, highly-effective response to a lack of access to information by sourcing, producing and distributing practical and accessible health information designed for use where resources are limited. Materials are clearly written, well-illustrated and relevant to the conditions in which many health workers operate – with limited access to electricity and reliable internet connections, sophisticated equipment or drugs for treatment. Health Books International’s vision is a world where everyone has access to good quality healthcare with a mission to improve health by providing healthcare and medical information designed for use in developing countries on a not-for-profit basis.

Originally called Teaching-aids at Low Cost (TALC), HBI was founded in 1965 by Professor David Morley CBE MD FCRP, in response to requests from overseas students for teaching books and equipment to use in their own countries.

In 2019, Practical Action Publishing acquired Health Books International.

manufacture of daily living aids for the elderly and infirm.

Downdraught workstations benches and autopsy tables, and refrigerated body stores

The Disability Press was a non profit making publisher which sought to provide an independent and alternative outlet for work in the general area of Disability Studies.

Using previously generated research funding The Disability Press was set up by Colin Barnes in the School of Sociology and Social Policy in 1995. It followed several unsuccessful attempts to get an edited collection of eleven papers from a conference covering the complex relationship between Disability Studies and the Sociology of Health and Illness, published by other publishers.

From the outset the main aim of the Disability Press was to reach as wide and audience as possible. All prospective authors were asked to avoid, wherever possible, unnecessary academic jargon and terminology and all publications were produced in a variety of formats.

Items published between 1995 and 2000 were available in either standard format, a large print version or a Braille copy produced by The Royal Nation Institute for Blind’s (RNIB) transcription unit, then housed in the University’s Equalities Unit. Subsequent publications were all available in standard format or CD on request.

The Disability Press ceased to operate in 2013

Disabled People's Organisations Denmark (DPOD) is the umbrella organisation for 35 Danish organisations of persons with disabilities. DPOD works both at the municipal level, where DPOD has 97 local departments, nationally, and internationally. The purpose of DPOD is to enable persons with disabilities to live a life like everyone else.

Disabled People's Organisations Denmark (DPOD) works to support persons with disabilities to live a life like everyone else.

Uganda Society for Disabled Children is a local Non-GovernmentOrganisation (NGO), committed to recognising and equalising the rights for children with disabilities. USDC’s main aim is to help children with disabilities and their parents to access the resources and opportunities to enable them achieve their full potential and lead fulfilling lives.

The society currently operates in 14 districts including Kampala demystifying Inclusion, engaging in policy advocacy with National CSO networks and Government to foster learning and ensure that inclusive policies are conceived that support the unique learning needs, health Outcomes of children with disabilities, and uphold their rights to grow and thrive.